Re: handling error in a function

From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek(at)klaster(dot)net>
To: Peter Gabriel <Peter(dot)Gabriel(at)gmx(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: handling error in a function
Date: 2002-12-18 10:07:22
Message-ID: 3E0048DA.3070408@klaster.net
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Peter Gabriel wrote:

>
> When executing this and violating that constraint (i mustn't delete that
> row), the function aborts with "unknown error" and i have no way to
> return 0 or
> something like that.
>
> I am programming with PHP and PEAR, each time, the result set is an object
> of type error, the script jumps to an error page, to calm the angry
> customers.

I don't know, how PHP works with Postgresql, but in psql I get such
error, when deleting wrong row:
ERROR: <unnamed> referential integrity violation - key in table_master
still referenced from table_detail

Maybe it is possible some way to access this error inside PHP?

Tomasz Myrta

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